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@souviksaha.4707

3 ай бұрын

Funny thing, u mentioned about having this video in the background while doing chores, I was doing laundry and listening to the latest video by Johnny Harris about deep state...and this video drops by. But I think something as visual as this cannot be enjoyed while having it in the background. This is meant to be watched by sitting down while grabbing a snack. Not something to listen to while doing "your chores".

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

@@souviksaha.4707 Haha yes to truly enjoy something, you have to be fully present. I would love that for people to spend 20min of their day to watch something I create. But I understand many people have busy lives with a bajillion things to do. I often throw a random long youtube video in the background when I'm cleaning and when I see or hear something interesting, I actually sit my butt down to watch or even rewatch with full attention because I saw something that I really like. I'm hoping my series will have that same effect! Ofc, the downside to that is, the chore actually don't get finished 🤣

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

YASSSS!!!!

Definitely appreciate these kinds of videos and how diverse the content within them is. Also, I like the fact that both of you still incorporate lessons on Photography/ Videography. I've always wanted to travel to Japan, and this helps.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

So happy to hear that! You're right, we talk a lot about gear and settings to get the right shot. But not often do people show the other 90% of photography/video - which is the excessive planning & preparations to get the shot! Our series tackle that, esp the disappointment when we are faced with challenges, but also how rewarding it can be when we achieve the shot! That's the exciting and fun part of it all!

@WIHRC

3 ай бұрын

@JasonVong exactly. As someone who is still in the beginning stages of photography / videography it's great to know that even people who have been doing it for so long come across hurdles. It brings a more human aspect to things, especially given that everybody tries to show this perfect side that just isn't realistic. Looking forward to seeing more of the experience both of you have and the tips that you'll share.

I truly enjoy your videos. You give me great information about lenses, cameras, and shooting tips while giving me a good laugh at the same time. One, in particular, was your comments about continuous sport shooting cows in motion-I'm not saying that right, but I laughed out loud. It is refreshing to see great photography content that is not taken too seriously. So many of these channels are so serious or intent on letting you know just how expert they are or what a cool photographer they are. They forget to have FUN. What a concept! Looking forward to your next installments and watching your channel grow.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

thanks Jamie!! Really means a lot to us! Very specific moment on the cows too! 🤣 Yep, as reviewers sometimes, it's hard to test everything (and to test it well!) so we gotta make due with the moment we have. It makes all the test stuff a lot more fun for us and digestible for you guys!

I really enjoyed the first season since your series is so unique on YT. Can’t believe you made now season 2! Can’t wait!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

We announced we were filming for it last year but the other 90% of the work lies in storyboarding & editing which I definitely underestimated 🫣 we all did our best to work on it on our spare time but it's been on the forefront of our minds to get it out. Perfect timing too as Cherry Blossoms are starting up again in Japan 🤣

You're doing great! Love your personality and videos. They're always the first one I go to for product info

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Daniel!

Really liked your season 1, huge inspiration on our Japan trip last year. Looking forward to season 2.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad season 1 has helped you in some way! Season 2 will be a lot of fun and likely have you add some spots to your next Japan itinerary. Particularly episode 2! And possibly ep 3!

Love the Travel Gone Vong. Cannot wait for the new season. Let's gooooooooo!!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Brian! Appreciate your support over the years!

I'm there! Loved the first season, which actually inspired me to find some of the spots from that series in order to make my own autumn leaves photos in Japan. And, let's just say I was not as lucky as you with regards to the timing! Only weeks before I was scheduled to go to Japan the prediction of autumn colors was delayed for at least a week. Which means my entire itinerary was planned a week too early... So I know all too well the difficulties of chasing colors! Looking forward to seeing your experiences in your new series :)

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Trust me, we have our fair share of bad luck as you will see in this upcoming season! 🤣May your next Autumn adventure be filled with glorious red-orange-y views!! For now, please enjoy our glorious pink views next week! 🥹 So happy you're excited for it!

Looking forward to it. Great stuff 📷

Things have been going … Vong

HERE FOR IT, NOTIF BELL ON. Excited for all the episodes!!!!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Special Guest Star Appearance 😏

Always top quality videos Jason,I and many others will be looking forward to seeing thme,Pete.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

thank you Pete!!

I arrived there the last days off the blossoms and was following your Insta to keep track of the blossoms only for the first night we arrived massive rain washed everything away , so the next morning the trees where bare but the floors littered with are precious cherry blossom 😢 we tripped into the mountains to see them in hirosaki

Super exciting for this!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

thanks Daniel!!

WE WANT ALL THREE. ;) We followed along the locations in Season One on our trip last Nov and captured perfect fall foliage from Kyoto, Mt Fuji and that oh so special tree by the lake, and finally to ToKyo (granted we were very lucky with the timing and amazing people we met along the way to make it possible, nothing went Wrong, they just went @JasonVong !!)

Love the series! 😍 Very excited to see the new episodes!! Was a blast meeting you and Vivian in Nov 2022 at Kiyomizu-dera! ❤

Cant wait to see it, you 2 are a great Team and its funny watching you 2 ❤

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

thank you! we are incredibly proud of this series! very happy to know you're looking forward to it!

Jason, Jason! Jayyyyyysssonnnnnn!!!!! I want you to open a Podcast, I watch all your videos and sometimes I rewatch and have your videos playing in the background while I'm getting some stuff done, go for it man, open a podcast, you can literally talk about anything. Cool Stuff!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Very happy to hear that! I am interested in doing more long form (less cut) format. I know you said I can talk about anything, but what would you find more interesting? News? Story behind the shots?

Jason and the Argonauts! 🙏🏽💛

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

I might steal that if we ever make a Season 3

Glad to see it coming back! I was wondering when is it going to happen. I hope the cherry blossoms go right, for "Travel Gone Vong"

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for keeping up with it Rudy! We announced we were filming for it last year but the other 90% of the work lies in storyboarding & editing which I definitely waaaay underestimated 🫣 We all did our best to work on it on our spare time but we never gave up on it! Perfect timing too because it's Spring again!

Man it’s inspiring to see you produce videos.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

thank you! It's been incredibly challenging but probably the most fun work I've done all year! I hope you will enjoy it!

Looking forward to it!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

thank you thank you!

Looking forwards to it :)

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Gemma!

Cannot wait Jason! I love your series. There's another angle that can be a Gone Vong topic: Trying to do this with full family with little kids. I try a lot to film our trip or ventures, but things go "Vong" so often, and sometimes we're just being cranky from misbehaving kids - the shots and clips are just coming out uninspiring and reminding bad moments more than good. It's another challenge that does not get shows in videos, when the family does not cooperate BTW, I just bought the Sony 16-55 G for my a6300 and a lot of was based on your impression (got it for cheap used too!), and soon will get the a6700!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

That might have to be a Travel Gone Vong Season 6 or something haha! I hear ya on traveling with a whole fam is tough. Hopefully you have some great photos to make up for it. 😥 16-55mm + a6700 should be a very excellent combo! Enjoy it! I love my a6700!

awesome

Cant wait!!! Big fan for years now Mister Vong!!!! Would love to visit japan myself, BTW im from europe, greetings!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

hopefully this will speed up your trip to Japan!! thank you!

Hooray!! Gimme those blossom pics!!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

If we're both at kando again, maybe I can bring some prints!

Loved the first part of the series with fall colors, so I was super excited to know the second installation of this adventure was for Japan cherry blossoms! Definitely can’t wait for this, I’ll be sure to be paying close attention for this one and hopefully it’ll give some insight in planning my own trip someday! (P.S. it was great finally getting to meet you and Vivienne last night!)

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

really helped made our night that you watched the first season! season 2 will be a good one!

Loved the 1st season and looking forward to the second!!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

hell yeah!!!

Hey Jason, love the channel and your unique presentation manner 👏🏻. A quick question for you about the Sony A6700 photography settings. My dad is an old school photographer used to wet film process. He swears by low ASA settings and wants to shoot at 50 ISO as he believes this will give the best results. However, would the cleanest image be found shooting at 800 ISO? Hope you can help use with this? Thanks so much. Cheers.

This is an awesome project, Jason. Love it! Indeed it can be hard to find the right timing for cherry blossoms. Did you know you can find cherry blossoms in Stockholm too? 😀😀

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

I know where we should go next! How's the weather typically there in Stockholm for Cherry Blossoms? This was the 2nd time we tried to capture cherry blossoms in Japan and we barely had any good sunny days as you will see 😭

Can't wait!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Wayne!

@WayneLLC

3 ай бұрын

I probably should have extended on my entry since I will be experiencing the same dilemma you all faced - heading to a potentially sakura-scarce Japan during mid April due to early blooming this year 😢

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

@@WayneLLC The weather has been wack! Japan had been quite warm during winter so they already experienced less snow. Not surprised on the early bloomage for this spring. 😭

Caught up on your series on the plane!!

Dude, I’m on a 1 train in Manhattan and if I saw you right now I’d lost my mind and be soooo excited. But that didn’t happen so it’s cool too.

Love your channel!

Leaving for Japan in two weeks as well. May the best photographer get the shot!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

See you in the chaos!

I don’t get to tokyo until the first week of April. Hopefully there are some cherry blossoms left to see.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

ooo you might catch the tail end of Tokyo! Keep an eye on the forecast!

Stop teasing us… release it already 😂

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

gotta get the hype going! Also, still gotta make the thumbnails 🤣

Yeeeeeee 1 of 1!

@JasonVong I'll be relocating to Tokyo early next year for various reasons... But mostly I'm here to enjoy your awesome videos and learn something I didn't know. Thanks for creating those entertaining videos. Japan's an beautiful country, hope you have loads of fun. Btw, JR pass isn't worth buying anymore unless you're planning to travel across the country back to back.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

I hope Tokyo brings exciting opportunities for you! We are looking to be back soon as well ourselves! We personally haven't bought JR Passes since the borders open up mainly because the limited timing is too restrictive when chasing Cherry Blossoms/Autumn Leaves 😭 but it's still a huge bummer to hear about the price hike.

@MsNIKITA

3 ай бұрын

@@JasonVong Thank you Jason, I really appriciate it. I'm actually really looking forward to moving, words can't describe the level of excitement I'm feeling as the time approaches. Back in October 2022 I was in Tokyo after the boarders opened for the first Halloween weekend since the pandemic, it was awesome time, live streamed every moment of it and made so many new friends, over all I ended up stayed for over 111 days. 😆🤣

Should be a good series!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Thank you Paul!!

It’s nuts busy in Japan right now and it’s going to ramp further over the next few weeks 😢

very nice, will be driving around in kansas/shikoku this week, then back to tokyo for the mankai! Maybe I will run into you again :D

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

KANSAS?? IN JAPAN?! Yes man, lemme know!

@WhiskyTanuki

3 ай бұрын

@@JasonVong omg that typo！

Somethings going Vong

I feel with my luck for chasing Sakura I would need to stay 30 days in Japan to make sure I catch the blooming 😢 that’s a lot of money and time away from work rip.

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

that's the sad truth about cherry blossom. One of the harder nature-y thing to capture. A lot of it is luck!

@oregonduc

3 ай бұрын

@@JasonVong and you know it’s Sakura season when the prices for hotels and transport go sky high lol

I’m taking off today and from tomorrow on, I’ll be a cherry blossom hunter

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

you are likely right on time!

Tips on how to shoot when on holiday trip please, person/building/nature

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

I think you will enjoy this series then as we do showcase what we look for when doing travel & landscape photos.

*Things have been going Vong ;)

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

can't give it all away in the title 🤣

Rude tourists have also now forced the Gion neighbourhood in Kyoto to shut down access to the many private alleyways and venues. IMHO the last “good” year in Kyoto was 2013… the last year they ran the Yamaboko Junko parade just once (in the traditional format). Good luck..!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Yes, sadly. The unfortunate side of things is that crowd does take away a lot of the authenticity of the environment. We try to keep our heads up high and still try to enjoy the moment as you will see in the first episode. Second ep will take us away from the crowd so it should be a lot more "peaceful"

Chasing Sakura Part 2 (from 2023!)

I thought you were about to reveal that you had a gambling problem or something 😂

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

Well buying a ton of gear is equivalent to losing money in vegas! At least I have an object when I'm putting money in 🤣

More Vivian!

You definitely missed the chance to name the video things have been going vrong

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

can't give everything away 🤣

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

hi love what u do but I can't even afford a Cosmo camera

You mean things have been going Vong...

Missed chance to name video "Things have been going Vong."

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

I think that would definitely give too much away 😅

Cocaine energy returns

looking forward to it!

@JasonVong

3 ай бұрын

thank you!!